Research Interests:

E-government, e-payment systems, offshore software industries, global diffusion of the Internet and metrics to measure these. Computers, information systems and electronic commerce and government in the countries of the former USSR. Knowledge management and informational retrieval systems. Other areas of interest include: social impact of computing; data base management systems; group decision support systems; computer technology transfer; organizational issues in the introduction of computing.

Research Accomplishments

Refereed Journal Articles:

William K. McHenry, “Selecting teams: The potential of “the Grid,” Education and Information Technologies, August 2013, In press.

Non Refereed Proceedings Articles:

McHenry, W.K. "Enterprise Portals: Linking Strategy with E-Business Technology," in New Models of Business: Managerial Aspects and Enabling Technology, Proceedings of the International Workshop, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 28-29, 2001, Krivulin, N. (ed.), 96-104.

McHenry, W.K., "Arms are starting to wave: Russia tackles the Y2K bug," Newsletter of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, Georgetown University, April, 1999, pp. 1,4.

Papers Presented:

"Enterprise Portals: Linking Strategy with E-Business Technology," New Models of Business International Workshop, School of Management, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 29, 2001.

"Measuring the Russian Internet," First Annual Global Information Technology Management (GITM) World Conference on June 11-13, 2000 in Memphis, Tennessee.

"Russia’s Y2K Preparation Efforts," International Security Aspects of the Year 2000 Problem: Assessing Vulnerabilities, Disruptions and Action Taken, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 17-18, 1999, Sponsored by The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London and The Center for Global Security Research (CGSR), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

"Measuring the Effectiveness of the WWW Search Engines," Presentation at the Eighth Annual Conference of the International Information Management Association, Toronto, Dec. 10 12, 1997.

Awards:

Teaching showcased in panel for the University of Akron’s Institute for Teaching and Learning’s Teaching Excellence Day, Spring, 2004.

Best paper award, "Measuring the Russian Internet," First Annual Global Information Technology Management (GITM) World Conference on June 11-13, 2000 in Memphis, Tennessee.